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Although the ESMA acknowledged that deposits and withdrawals of non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins are not prohibited, it stressed that European crypto asset services providers (CASPs) should “prioritize restricting services that facilitate the acquisition” of such assets, citing its guidance issued on Jan. 17, 2025.

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“These services are therefore not explicitly prohibited under Titles III and IV of MiCA,” the representative added.

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“Under MiCA, custody and transfer services do not in themselves constitute an ‘offering to the public’ or ‘seeking admission to trading’ of non-compliant asset-reference tokens or e-money tokens,” a spokesperson for the ESMA told Cointelegraph on March 4.

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However, the state-level Bitcoin reserve initiatives may not represent a pivotal moment for Bitcoin; they are only a “symbolic move” unless a significant purchase is announced, according to Iliya Kalchev, dispatch analyst at Nexo.

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At the same time, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic released a freely accessible data feed containing a list of wallet addresses attributed to North Korean hackers. The initiative aims to help community members minimize exposure to sanctions and prevent money laundering of stolen assets.

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Shi Khai Wei, founder of cryptocurrency-focused VC firm LongHash Ventures, told Cointelegraph last April that it has been harder to obtain venture capital funding this cycle compared to 2020-2021, where some startups received tens of millions of dollars while having a few team members, a white paper and a few lofty promises.

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Instead, the executives spent customer money on guns, luxury watches, a family trip to Disney World and a purported business trip to Miami where they “ran up thousands of dollars in restaurant and night club charges on Geosyn credit cards,” it read.

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Prosecutors alleged that in many cases, they didn’t buy the equipment as promised and “used client money to fund their lavish lifestyles.”

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In September 2024, the Hashgraph Association said it would work with stakeholders in Qatar over the following 12 months to explore five digital asset use cases in the country.

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Youssefi said that the team is managing risk for investors and “collaborating with other stakeholders in the space” to support the development of frameworks that overcome the technological challenges associated with asset tokenization.

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Ether is poised to perform especially well in 2025, significantly outperforming Bitcoin, Steno said. In 2025, Steno expects the ETH/BTC ratio to hit “at least 0.06”. That is nearly double the current level of around 0.035, according to TradingView.

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Steno expects BTC and ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to see net inflows in 2025 of $48 billion and $28.5 billion, respectively.

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The bullish BTC and ETH price projections reflect “an unprecedentedly favorable regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies, a supportive macroeconomic climate marked by declining interest rates and improved liquidity, and the historically strong post-Bitcoin-halving performance,” the report said.

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Steno Research predicts that BTC’s and ETH’s spot prices will surpass $150,000 and $8,000, respectively. The analysts are also “increasingly optimistic about an imminent altcoin season,” according to the December research note.

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“It’s ironic that Coinbase is treating Justin Tron this way. Coinbase itself is under SEC and numerous other investigations, probably many more than Justin and his businesses,” Gurbacs wrote in an X post reposted by Sun.

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Some prominent community members, such as VanEck adviser Gabor Gurbacs, have drawn attention to Coinbase’s legal troubles in the US in the context of the WBTC case.

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He has also reportedly been the subject of an investigation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the prosecutor’s office for the Southern District of New York.

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“So too is any acknowledgement that he has repeatedly been accused of, investigated for, and sued for financial misconduct, and that reports of his alleged misdeeds abound in the press and crypto community more broadly,” Coinbase added.

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